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South Butterknowle Colliery
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| Location: | Cockfield |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | |
| Owners: | 1900s - James Lowther |
| 1910s - Turnbull & Denham | |
| Output: | 1915 - Coal. |
| 1921 - Coal. | |
| 1921 - Main - Coal. | |
| 1925 - Coal: Gas, Steam. | |
| 1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1935 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1936 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1910 - 0 [Opening, Not worked.] |
| 1915 - 6 (4 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1921 - 6 (4 below, 2 surface) [Abandoned] | |
| 1921 - Main - 0 [Closed] | |
| 1925 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1930 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) | |
| 1935 - 2 | |
| 1936 - 1 | |
| 1938 - 0 [Discontinued] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1915 - Five Quarter (Busty) |
| 1921 - Five Quarter (Busty) [Abandoned] | |
| 1921 - Main - Brockwell [Closed] | |
| 1925 - Five Quarter, Hutton | |
| 1930 - Hutton | |
| 1935 - Five Quarter | |
| 1936 - Five Quarter | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for South Butterknowle Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1931, 30 Jan - Hutton, Main seams abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.
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Credits
Sources:
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1938 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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Related Links:
| External sites | |
 | Gaunless Valley History Trust |
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